Is "Family Circus" the greatest cartoon ever?

[XNASA]

Check out this classic 60's 'Family Circus' and you tell me!

[Zuiderelle]

1. .

:spray:

[AllegroRondo]

2. did you see todays?

Little Billy standing in his winter coat, saying "whens that global warming supposed to get here?"

:puke:

[XNASA]

3. Yes. That provided the inspiration for this post. nt

[mikeytherat]

4. The Dysfunctional Family Circus is way better

http://dfc.furr.org/

mikey_the_rat

[XNASA]

5. If you say so.

;)

[racaulk]

13. Holy crap, that's funny!

Thanks for the link! That could keep me entertained for hours!!!

:rofl:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. No - "Love Is" is

[Mad_Dem_X]

7. Ahh yes...Two naked 8-year-olds who are married

According to Homer Simpson.

[XNASA]

8. You know, now that I think about it......

Love IS like a warm blanket.

'love is....' is very insightful.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Though I prefer this particular one

[Sequoia]

11. Cor-r-r-rny. They're awful but I remember when they were popular.

[HughBeaumont]

10. Family Circus is about the UNgreatest cartoon, next to all the soap-opera comics . . .

. . . and Mallard Fillmore.

In the old ones, PJ looked like a bean with eyes.

[Zavulon]

14. I didn't want to be the first to say it. I'm glad to second you, though.

Every time the Washington Post is ready to add or drop a new comic, I'm always hoping "Family Circus" becomes one of the casualties. Instead, we just lost Cathy and Broom Hilda. I can do without the former but am pissed about the latter. :mad

[philosophie_en_rose]

12. No. That would be Dilbert. Family Circus is the Thomas Kincade painting of comics. nt

[GoneOffShore]

17. I hate Family Circus

They've sucked since they started.

[XNASA]

19. Even Barfy?

:cry:

[GoneOffShore]

20. Yes, Even Barfy. Sometimes, especially Barfy.

I hate that strip with a passion.

[Zavulon]

28. Sing it, brother!

I loathe the strip, too, and have long wanted Barfy to find himself on the business end of an SUV's grill. We may as well get some use out of those vehicles.

Even my nine year-old niece can't stand that strip.

[northzax]

15. I don't know... check out today's FBOFW

someone's in twoble!

[HughBeaumont]

16. Looks like John and Elly are about to bust April and Gerald.

And on that same note, I don't know what they think is sexy in Canada, but pairing a hottie like Elizabeth with a freckeled molester-stache'd nerd like Anthony who looks like a combination of Ned Flanders and her dad . . . COME on.

[Zavulon]

30. Elizabeth won't go for Anthony.

And if she does, it'll only be after a divorce from the helicopter pilot (from the looks of it, April could be knocked up by then).

[HughBeaumont]

32. Right, because LJ's message appears to be "Attractive guys are bastards".

"Marry average looking single dads who look like your father . . . with a molester-stache."

Serious. Name one handsome man in FBOFW who WASN'T a bastard.

I've been reading this thing for decades, simply because Opus is now a weekend thing and there ain't no more Fox Trot or C&H.

And on edit - is anyone but me thinking there's a possiblity down the road of April switching teams? After all, this IS the only comic strip running with an openly gay character. It isn't like they couldn't . . .

[Zavulon]

33. Exactly.

I don't know anything about LJ's past, but I would not be surprised to learn that she got smoked by a handsome guy and married a five out of ten. Whenever a handsome guy is introduced to the strip, you know he's going to be a prick. I don't know who that cop was supposed to fool, but I didn't fall for it.

[HughBeaumont]

34. Their thought balloons and facial expressions give them away.

[Zavulon]

36. The only thing that surprised me was that

the guy who tried to rape Elizabeth looked like a loser. I expected any guy who tries to rape a Patterson female or a friend of one to be a handsome stud with a boyish smile that turns into a mean sneer.

[Connonym]

18. This is what I love about FBOFW

the characters have aged and the dynamics have changed. I love that they deal with real issues and I'm pretty sure it's the only mainstream comic with an openly gay character (albeit a secondary one).

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. I love that strip precisely because the characters age.

I haven't been able to follow it closely in awhile though. Who is the gay character?

[Rhythm]

26. Mike's friend Lawrence... Connie's son

The cartoonist talks about writing that part of the story at the link below:

http://www.fborfw.com/features/lawrence/

[Rhythm]

25. I was rooting for Lawrence to be the one to come to Liz's rescue...

But Anthony was o.k., too..

I've been reading this thing forever...

[ghostsofgiants]

21. I never read newspaper comics, I'm more of a webcomic kind of guy...

But damn, the stuff in this thread is some of the lamest shit ever.

[Gatchaman]

22. More disfunctional goodness

http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/gallery/gallery.php?x=26

[Gatchaman]

24. The comics curmudgeon

http://joshreads.com/

Interesting blog with somewhat sarcastic comic strip reviews.

[gravity]

27. "The Far Side" was the greatest ever

edit: pics

[Rhythm]

29. I'll take old "Far Side" single frames over new "Family Circus" any day...

Especially since there's been more and more instances of Keane making political jabs...

B.C. does that, too...
Most of those need to just be moved to the editorial page with Mallard Fillmore.

[martymar64]

31. My vote is for the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

[HughBeaumont]

35. This is beyond wrong - from the PhatPhree -

http://www.thephatphree.com/comics.asp

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. Defintiely no. "Far Side" kicks ass.

:P

[Left Is Write]

38. Family Circus used to be funny, but Bil Keane ran ouf of jokes thirty years ago.

Isn't he about 100 years old by now?